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prevision

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pre·vi·sion  (pr-vzhn)
n.
1. A knowing in advance; foresight.
2. A prediction; a forecast.
tr.v. pre·vi·sioned, pre·vi·sion·ing, pre·vi·sions
To foresee.

pre·vision·al, pre·vision·ary (-vzh-nr) adj.
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Noun1.prevision - a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
vision - a vivid mental image; "he had a vision of his own death"
2.prevision - the power to foresee the future
mental ability, capacity - the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
3.prevision - seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
knowing - a clear and certain mental apprehension
4.previsionprevision - the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning - thinking that is coherent and logical
projection - a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
prophecy, vaticination, prognostication - knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
adumbration, foreshadowing, prefiguration - the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

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Besides, with that prevision given to an author, I am strongly of opinion that something will happen before long.
And it can hardly be doubted that, in many cases of complicated behaviour very well adapted to its ends, there can be no prevision of those ends.
I might have believed this importunate insight to be merely a diseased activity of the imagination, but that my prevision of incalculable words and actions proved it to have a fixed relation to the mental process in other minds.
 
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